Freeware Visual File Comparison Tool

What is ExamDiff?

ExamDiff is a freeware Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/2008 tool for visual file comparison. It is quick and very simple to use, and has a number of convenient features that many users have been asking for a long time from a file comparison tool.

ExamDiff is a part of a suite of products that includes FtpVC, an FTP-based Version Control System that allows joint software development remotely over the Internet.

One push re-compare function which attempts to leave the viewer's focus in the same place as before the re-compare.

Drag and drop support for dropping one or two files into the program's window (e.g. from Windows Explorer).

Easy editing of the first and second files. ExamDiff will spawn any editor (configurable by the user) with the first or second file, and line number option (available for editors that support this, through ExamDiff variables: $FILE (first or second file name), $CURFIFF (number of line at which the current difference starts), and $CARET (number of line where the caret is located).

Saves the file differences in a standard UNIX DIFF file.

Easy navigation through the differences via "Previous Difference"/ "Current difference"/ "Next Difference" buttons and hot keys or via a drop-down list box of all the differences

Allows the copying of text from the comparison panes via drag and drop, a hot key, or a right button pop up.

Simple "Search" command to search for strings in the comparison panes. It also remembers a user specified number of most recent searches.

Fully customizable file extension filter. For example, the user can choose only .c and .cpp files or any other files he/she chooses to be displayed.

Tooltips which include file properties (when the mouse cursor is placed over the pane title bars), difference number (when the cursor is over the yellow triangle marking the current difference), and etc.